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In May, I wrote about our major legislative priorities for 2019 and how we focused on making equity real in our communities. October 13 was officially the last day of the legislative session, so today I’m writing to provide an update on Greenlining’s progress and reflect on our accomplishments over the past year.

To be honest, sometimes policy work feels like a slog, with progress that’s slow, incremental and hard to quantify.

Happily, this is not one of those times. I’m pleased to report that our advocacy for our legislative priorities was very successful this year, with hard-fought victories across Greenlining’s issue areas:

A Few of our 2019 Legislative Highlights:

We significantly increased protections for workers in the “gig economy”: AB 5, authored by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, codifies a 2018 California Supreme Court ruling that designates a simple test to determine